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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2008
Natasa Milic-frayling, Cambridge, GB;
Gavin Smyth, Huntingdon, GB;
Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, Vila Nova de Gaia, PT;
Gabriella Kazai, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Natasa Milic-Frayling, Cambridge, GB;
Gavin Smyth, Huntingdon, GB;
Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, Vila Nova de Gaia, PT;
Gabriella Kazai, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Tagging of resources in order to associate them is described. In an embodiment it is possible to assign tags to resources or switch between resources with different tags, in the context of current work being undertaken by a user. For example, from a single application window that is currently used, a user is able to switch to other resources by tag in an embodiment. Different embodiments illustrate how tags may have multiple purposes and those purposes may evolve thus enabling associated resources to be exposed in different ways. In some embodiments rich metadata about tag usage and/or the use of resource associated with a tag is stored and used to provide additional functionality. Examples are described in which persistence of resources associated with tags is provided and may involve representation of resources such as by duplication of files or by creating alternative representations of resources.